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I would pray that Sacramento gets more than Lawson and Faried lol. Where does Denver pick? Throw in Nurkic? Something.
Edit: Also, if you're into most likely baseless rumors, Incarcerated Bob is saying Denver has offered Lawson & #7 pick for the #4 pick.
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Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green has picked up his $9.2M player option for 2015-'16, passing on free agency, league sources tell Yahoo.Comment
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I don't know how I would feel if they traded #2 for cousins.Comment
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Derrick Favors, Trey Burke, #12 for Cousins?
Don't know if I'd want him though. He's still a nutcase. Favors is so valuable defensively, too.Twitter: @TyroneisMaximus
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Heh, I guess people still think Cousins is gonna smarten up and help their team? New coach, new location will fix him ... riiiiiiight.Comment
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What about Cousins for Faried, Lawson, 7th OVA pick, and a pick swap (1st round) with the Knicks in 2016? Maybe the Nuggets have to send back Nurkic as part of the deal?
EDIT: Maybe not Nurkic. Nearly forgot about the George Karl factor. Wants his guys from Denver.Last edited by rdnk; 06-18-2015, 08:06 PM.Comment
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I think I'd be good with that.
Offensively, Okafor and Towns can only HOPE to be as good as Cousins is.
So I see it as a very low risk move. If one of them, or even one of the guards becomes the best player in the league, its not like the Lakers would have gotten shafted in the deal.
On the other hand, if the pick the Lakers get doesnt pan out, and we had the opportunity to get Cousins, I would be hella pissed. LolComment
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The Cavaliers exceeded expectations this year, especially once both Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving were lost at different points in the playoffs with season-ending injuries.
Theoretically, if the team had remained fully healthy, there’s no telling how things may have played out. There’s hope in Cleveland to see about that next year, but there’s a lot of uncertainty with regard to the future of the roster.
LeBron James and Kevin Love have player options for next season, and can both choose to become unrestricted free agents. Cavaliers GM David Griffin says he expects them to do exactly that — before ultimately re-signing.
From Jason Lloyd of Ohio.com:
Griffin said Thursday he expects both James and Kevin Love to become free agents later this month and expects both to return next season. Tristan Thompson, Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova will receive qualifying offers, making them restricted free agents that will allow the Cavs to match any offers they receive in free agency. Griffin would like to keep all three, essentially maintaining the core of a team that won 53 games and advanced to the Finals for the second time in team history.
“We very much intend to keep this group together,” Griffin said. “You look at that as a group that has the potential to be special, special good.”
The most likely outcome for James is for him to opt out to get a raise of a few million dollars for next season on a max deal under the increased salary cap, while once again keeping a player option on a deal for the following season. This type of structure will continue to give James a maximum amount of earning potential, while keeping the pressure on the Cavaliers franchise to continue to make improvements to the roster at the very same time.
Things are far less clear where Love is concerned. He could structure his next contract in similar fashion, and that may make the most sense. But if he were to want to lock down some financial security for the future with something approaching a five-year contract worth the max, the franchise would have a difficult decision on its hands.
There are role-players like J.R. Smith who will more than likely opt out as well, and there are restricted free agents Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova who the Cavaliers have the right to retain, but may choose not to if the market dictates a higher-than-expected value for their services.
There’s work to be done with this Cavaliers roster, in order to bulletproof it for the rigors of next season. It all starts with LeBron and Love, however, and how they choose to structure their next deals will be extremely interesting to watch.#RespectTheCultureComment
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Not that we didn't know it was coming, but still sad to see the day actually arrive. Glad he already got his ring with the Mavs so I could root for Iggy and those other vets with GS to finally get their rings. Made a pretty good career for himself despite having the most awkward looking shooting form I've ever seen. Best of luck in whatever Matrix wants to do in his retirement.
Four-time NBA All-Star Shawn Marion told ESPN.com via text message Thursday that he intends to go through with his plans to retire after completing his 16th season.
"Hell yeah," Marion said.
The 37-year-old went unused by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the just-completed NBA Finals in his only season with the Cavs, but assembled an outstanding career highlighted by a championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.
Marion, though, is probably best known for his 8½ seasons with the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him No. 9 overall in 1999 with a draft pick they ironically acquired from Dallas in the 1998 trade that made Steve Nash a Maverick. He initially revealed his intention to retire in a January interview with the Arizona Republic.
He told the newspaper at the time that he believed he could play another two or three seasons but that being away from his first child, infant son Shawn, convinced him it was time to walk away.
"I wanted to go out on my terms," Marion told the newspaper. "The biggest thing is having a son. I got attached to him. Seeing him periodically is hard. Watching him grow up on pictures and videos is hard."
One of the league's foremost two-way players at his peak, Marion weighed retiring after leaving the Mavericks last summer but opted in the end to sign with Cleveland in hopes of winning a second ring and because of the proximity to his son, who lives in Chicago.
All four of his All-Star seasons came in Phoenix, three of them after the Suns reacquired Nash and flanked him with Marion and Amar'e Stoudemire in a revolutionary offense under coach Mike D'Antoni.
Marion's time in the desert came to an end when he was the centerpiece of a trade with Miami in 2008 that brought Shaquille O'Neal to the Suns, with a brief stint in Toronto to follow before he spent five seasons in Dallas. Marion also earned a trip to the Olympics in 2004 as a member of Team USA's bronze-medal team in Greece.Comment
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